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needinghelp82
needinghelp82 | March 2007

what rights do i have please help me

I am 24 years old and 6 months pregnant, I have been in an abusive realtionship for the past 7 months with the father of my child. He was great at first made me feel so good about myself and made me feel so loved. I feel for this charm, once I found out I was pregnant it all changed, he got controlling, making me feel bad for everything and it was all my fault when we had an argument, yes sometimes i started them, im not perfect, but it was mostly me sticking up for myself as i got in trouble for buying car seats for my car, and seeing my mum and family, I am pregnant, I am going to ask questions to the most important person my mum. I felt presured so I left him, he promised and sweet talked me back into his life again and it was fine, for abit but went the same again this time getting more abusing with name calling, and making me feel very down about who i was. but then the nice side came out and made me feel wonderful and made me forget all the bad. i felt i had to keep my mouth shut just so that side wouldnt come out. I got very unhappy and I left again, I couldnt handle it anymore. I quit my job cause the stress was affecting my work and life and people around me. I was fine for 4 days then the phone calls came the sweet talking and making me feel special, I was stupid again. I come back thinking it would change and to give it a go for the baby. Then after about a couple of weeks the shoving started and leaving marks to name calling, making me feel like it was my fault, bringing up my past and saying i deserved all bad that happened and that i was worse then anyone of his other ex's. I just made excuses saying he didnt mean it and I forgave him. then again it happened alot of shoving and force in making me get out of his way when i wasnt in his way I was just in our bedroom. I nearly left him but i forgave his ways when he said sorry again. I felt like i was treading on egg shells not to piss him off, It was all my fault why he was turning that angry so i thought i needed councilling, they told me to leave him as well as everyone else but i thought i could get help and help him. well I was wrong. we got into our last big argument and he used force on me and shoved me into the wall, I being very little tried to defend myself slapped him round the face and this made him made and he hit me that hard i feel onto the floor and landed on my arm not my stomach thank god. (5 1/2 months pregnant at this stage) I got back up he continued to used force and was shoving me out of the house so I couldn't get my stuff and clothes i needed and my shoes, in the end I gave up. i left for my mums and she took one look at me took me to the police station and doctors so they examined the bruises. I put a DVO on him the next day. I was such in a state where i knew i would go back if he talked to me (Y IS THIS) the dvo got finalised and he is only allowed to contact me regarding the child via mobile but i got sweet talked again and was made to think he would change if he got coucilling but i had to go back. but i havnt yet i have seen him once this week and i talked to him i know it is breaching but i am so weak at the moment i feel for his charm and wanted to see him. I shouldnt of done this, he was laying all thesed conditions on me saying i have to drop the dvo, he didnt deserve it and for me not annoying him i argreed just to keep the peace. Today I told him it was properly over and I wanted nothing to do with him except for the child, he then threated he has money to fight me into getting custody and its going to get messy now, what i do i dont wanna lose my baby, does he have rights to it, he does have 2 previous DVO's against him, but he says i dont have a chance because I am on welfare and am living with my mum and have nothing where he has everything. PLease help me.. i need some advise, what do i do, how do i fix this, how can i calm him down i dont wanna aggrivate him even more. thanks heaps

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needinghelp82
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | needinghelp82
what rights do i have please help me

Thank you for all the advice, it has really helped. I think I wrote one thing wrong I still have the DVO on him. He is begging me to take it off him because he thinks he didn't deserve it. I provoked him to be angry, I am so scared that I will lose my child as he has said I have nothing I am not working because he was ringing me at work all the time and made me feel bad that the boss said no phone calls and that I made work more important than him, he will always put me number 1 as he said. so in the end my work had enough and made my life horrible until i quit because they couldn't fire me as being pregnant, and it would be wrong to fire me.    I am living with my mum and there is no room to bring up a child to crowed I dont have my own room there, the money from welfare is not enough for a real estate to even look at me to rent a house and I am scared of renting a room from someone I dont know,  but this is early days, I can do it just keep my chin up, its really hard though. I just think its easier going back but then I have my mum saying no and I have great advice from all of you, I thank you so much for that. hopefully I can do it. I dont have friends anymore as all  my friends were males and he did not like me talking to them so I cant contact them as I deleted their numbers. grr. all the people I know i cant trust cause they know him and I even bumped into an old friend miles away from him and thought she wouldn't know him and she did and went straight back to him and told him where I was, luckly she didnt find where I was staying. Im so upset that people can just not care like including what I told her what happpened and that I want no one know where I was. Not a true friend I know, I have stopped all contact with her and this weekend I spoke to him friday and thats when he was threatning me to put the dropping of the Dvo in writing in his mail box that night or he is going to his lawyer and fighting this and it will cost me a fortune to pay a lawyer to help me, and i didnt do it, i was stong and didnt put it in writing and didnt put it in his letter box, & I have had 12 missed calls from that girl wanting to catch up and see how I am and wanting to pick me up from where I am, Yeah right like im that stupid, Im not talking im not going to be put back there anything could happen.

Sorry about the amount of writing here girls im just tring to get it off my chest. its really getting to me, I wish I could have a nice drink and relax and I cant I refuse to drink being pregnant. lol. I'll just try to amuse myself and stay busy to not think about it, usually I had work as an escape but I dont anymore.

So im not dropping the DVO and I am not going to answer anymore phone calls as I hear his voice and I go weak. I dont know if its love as its different to my previous relationships ive had but he just has that charm. bloody men. im not falling for it. not again never again.    Thank you for your wonderful advice it means alot. :-)



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      nell18-3
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | nell18-3
what rights do i have please help me
I really do understand what you are saying.
I stopped talking to my ex on the phone because I could still feel his control
It was like being kind of hypnotised as soon as his persuasion started I could feel myself being dragged in again, fortunately I never do go back my life would have been hell for embarrassing him and leaving him in the first place, but as soon as he would start with the "you can't make it without me, you owe the children the kind of life style I am offering................" Along with the fact that most people that know him think he is Mr Wonderful.
I also had a "friend" like you are describing. I really trusted her and she let me down.
I'm about to lose my home as he hasn't paid the mortgage, he gives me no money towards the kids, he is about to get a job in the same hospital I work!!!!!!! (Or so he says that may turn out to be another lie to frighten me)

But do you know what I am happier and safer than I ever was with him!!!!!!!
So keep strong, there is no going back
Good on you for keeping the DVO that will make a big help with the child too
He will not be able to take the child away from you no matter what he is offering, but he will be able to have contact. He will probably use that contact to get at you for a while. But the longer you stand up to him, then he will hopefully lose interest in the child too.
All the very best
xxxxx


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MadMel
3.44 (Average) | March 2007 | MadMel
what rights do i have please help me
Ok for a start STOP GOING BACK! Think about where you want your baby to grow up! In a house with a violent man that beats his/her mummy? Im say not!! Also what makes you think he wont hit your child when it comes? He obviously has temper issues, controlling issues and is violent ... how would you feel if he hit or shook your baby and hurt or killed it?

Go to legal aid. Its $60. Cheap. They wont normally give the father custody especially if hes violent.


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5kids
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | 5kids
what rights do i have please help me
honey it comes down to, do you want to live?  do u really know the potential of this guy. he has hit u while u r pregnant. do u want ur child growing up in this environment? can he be trusted with ur child once it is born? u need to put the dvo back on and start making arrangements for him only to c ur child with someone else around he is seriously unstable please dont listen to him. think about ur mum do u want her to worry every time the phone rings that her daughter has been hospitalised or her grandchild is hurt or worse because of this lunatic? stay strong darling and imagine a better life for u and ur child.


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Marglr
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | Marglr
what rights do i have please help me
Hi There! You'll feel stronger! And soon! You have a baby coming to take care of and as soon as you stand tall and take control you'll be surprised how bully guy will back down. The Ladies have given great advice,so he'll blow and bluster and you'll write down every threat,every time he contacts you and note what is said. If you ever start to think about returning...read what you wrote here and what your notes will say and do you want that for your child? Take care of yourself and start your life,you and your child deserve that!!!


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lucky321
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | lucky321
what rights do i have please help me
I have to agree to with nell as well , he want change  and he use all tricks under the sun to get you back ,form sweet talking you , promioning to change .Take a leaf out some book thats been there  and look after yourself and the your baby you about to have  good luck  and i wish you well


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Blond-Wild-Child
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | Blond-Wild-Child
what rights do i have please help me

I was going to make a coment here but after reading Nell's coment i really have to agree with everything she says, it would be exactly what i would have said. Stay strong hon, some of us have been there done that and no matter what you do he will always sweet talk you to come back, he won't change, you have seen this for yourself. Goodluck and remember there are people here who you can talk to anytime just don't be afraid to reach out, sometimes strangers make the best listners, its even better if they understand you completely.

Best Wishes Blond.



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HarrisonsMommy
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | HarrisonsMommy
please help me

you do need help.  you need your family and your friends to rally around you and support you and help you to make the right decisions.  you know the right thing to do is to stay away from this evil person. 

he does have rights as the father of this child.  but, it is really unlikely that he would get any kind of custody, let alone visitation given his violent nature.  just be strong for yourself and your unborn baby.  If you aren't, no one else will be.

good luck and if you need a cyber shoulder, give me a shout.

angela



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blackwidowkate
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | blackwidowkate
what rights do i have please help me
Hi
Love is......never having to say you are sorry
Love is....kind
Love is ....gentle
Love is.....
Think about what love is
All I know is it isn't what he's offering you or your unborn child.

Get out now before it is too late and he kills you or your unborn child because this is what it is heading for
You don't need it and neither does your baby
He is using mental abuse as well as physical abuse making you think it is your fault.
Watch the domestic violence adds on TV it is never your fault...No man has a right to hit or verbalise another
Take a step in the right direction....and become a survivor and learn from it
Is this a life you want your baby to be born into.....
He is using mental abuse even with the baby
You don't need a lot...he will not gain custody....
Keep a diary and all reports of DVO everything

Only you can choose what to do
We can advise or tell you but only you can choose

A happy life or a abusive life
Your choice

Luv deb


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emmysmum
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | emmysmum
what rights do i have please help me
you really do need to seek legal advice-the best way to go in your situation is legal aid....they are very affordable!
If you explain to them what has happened like he was fine until the pregnancy began etc etc and perhaps show them photos of the bruising (if you have any), tell them about his violence etc etc!
I know what you are going through as i have been there myself! You need to stay strong, if not for you then for the child....don't ever give someone like this a benefit of the doubt....eg.... don't ever think he'll change because he wont!
it's quite possible that he has a mental illness like bi-polar or schizoprenia or something!
GEt legal advice and follow the DVO....


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nell18-3
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2007 | nell18-3
what rights do i have please help me
Oh Honey
I was married to a man like this for 23 years
You gotta trust me on this
HE WILL NEVER CHANGE!!!!
He does not believe he is doing anything wrong, He totally believes it is all you
Even if he is nice for a while, you will NEVER feel totally safe because you know how quick he can snap
I gave my Ex so many chances and in the end my mental state suffered and I am now on depression pills, I was so convinced it was me provoking him that I almost took my own life
As for the threats about the baby, this is just his way of trying to get you back under his control. No Judge will take a child away from their mother unless the child is in danger. You should have kept the DVO on him because that would have certainly helped you. Not only with any possible custody but because you have also take the  heat off of  him again and he is once again back in control.
A great book  that helped "release" me from his "power of  my mind" are Why Does He Do That. Inside the minds of Angry and Controlling Men" by Lundy Bancroft
I am sending you a friend invite and if you accept please feel free to ask me anything because I have been there where you are.
xxx


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